put your jacket on and watch

oOo...

as i type. just noticed the quick scene where mcqueen gives the backward peace sign to the other driver. i think that was lost on the american audience when the film came out.

k

Subject: Plucking the Yew! Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible for the English soldiers to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore incapable of fighting in the future. The famous bow was made of the English Yew tree and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" or "pluck you". Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won the battle and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French and saying "We can still pluck yew. Pluck you". Since "pluck yew" is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'F' and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger salute. It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird". And yew thought that yew knew everything.

look at the big brain on jeff!! yew are some kinda guy.

k

I knew, but I googled it, for yew to be exact

was that other driver a frenchman?

k

wee

i wonder how that scene played in paris?

k

QUOTE (sixnotfour @ Jan 28 2006, 05:20 AM)

Subject: Plucking the Yew! Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415...

QUOTE (sixnotfour @ Jan 27 2006, 09:28 PM)

wee

oui oui

just so we don't miss it again,
speed tv

next airing is feb 4 @ 10:30pm eastern

QUOTE (lotus_65 @ Jan 28 2006, 06:51 AM)

just so we don't miss it again,

TiVo will be set this time